Online Lecture January 2024: Philip Howard

Join Philip Howard, Professorial Fellow, for his Balliol Online Lecture - 'AI and the Global Information Environment'.
In this talk, Professor Howard will discuss the global trends in AI diffusion and public attitudes towards AI. He will introduce the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE). This new, independent research organization is committed to providing actionable scientific knowledge about threats to the world’s information environment. Launched at the recent Nobel Summit on “Truth Trust and Hope,” the IPIE’s overarching objective is to provide policymakers, industry, and civil society with regular scientific assessments by organizing, evaluating, and promoting research, with the broad aim of improving the global information environment. With growing suspicion about how technology companies behave, and growing pressure for transparency about data practices, the IPIE can help raise public confidence in the development and application of new AI systems.